Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18474643›Full record

ReviewInfection and immunity2008

Bacteria in the intestine, helpful residents or enemies from within?

Geraldine O Canny, Beth A McCormick

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Infection and immunity, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Journal of bacteriology · 2026
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  9. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  15. Profiling of vaginalMicrobial genomics · 2023
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  20. Probiotics: Symbiotic Relationship with the Animal Host.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Geraldine O CannyMucosal Immunity Laboratory, Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Medical Genetics, Central University Hospital of Vaud, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland.
Beth A McCormick

Funding

Xenograft and Isograft CoreP01DK033506 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MCCORMICK, BETH A · 1986 to 2015
$24.2M
INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION ORCHESTRATED BY PATHOGENSR01DK056754 · NIDDK · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI MCCORMICK, BETH A · 2000 to 2017
$6.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK33506NIDDK NIH HHS DK56754NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK033506NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056754
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BacteriaHumansIntestinal MucosaIntestines

Identifiers

PMID18474643
PMCPMC2493210

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Registered trials

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